第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

School was over and I was both mentally and英才苑physically tired. I sat at the very front of the bus because of my   36   to get home. Sitting at the front made me   37   out like a shiny coin in a pile of dull pennies.

Jane, the driver, tried to break the   38   atmosphere by striking the match of   39  .

I tried to mind manners and   40   listened, but usually I was too busy thinking of my day. On this day,   41  , her conversation was worth listening to.

“My father’s sick,” she said to no one in   42  . I could see the anxiety and fear in her eyes. With a sudden change of attitude and interest, I asked, “what’s wrong with him?”

With her eyes wet and her voice tight from   43   the tears, she responded, “Heart trouble.” Her eyes lowed as she   44  , “I’ve already lost my mum, so I don’t think I can stand losing him.”

I couldn’t respond. I was   45  . My heart ached for her. I sat on the old, smelly seat thinking of the great   46   my own mother was thrown into when her father died. I saw how hard it was,   47   still is, for her. I wouldn’t like anyone to go   48   that.

Suddenly I realized Jane wasn’t only a bus driver. That was   49   her job. She had a whole world of family and concerns, too. I had never thought of her as   50   but a bus driver.        

I suddenly felt very   51  . I realized I had only thought of her as   52   as what her purpose was in my life. I paid no attention to Jane because she was a bus driver. I had judged her by her job and brushed her off as   53  .

For all I know, I’m just another person in   54   else’s world, and may not even be important. I   55   not have been so selfish and self-centered. Everyone has places to go, people to see and appointments to keep. Understanding people is an art.

36．A．anxiety                B．determination       C．decision              D．attempt

37．A．find                    B．make                   C．think                   D．stand

38．A．unpopular            B．uncomfortable      C．unusual               D．unforgettable

39．A．fire                     B．topic                   C．conversation        D．discussion

40．A．politely                B．devotedly             C．carelessly            D．sincerely

41．A．however              B．therefore             C．thus                    D．otherwise

42．A．surprise              B．common              C．silence                D．particular

43．A．fighting               B．avoiding              C．clearing               D．keeping

44．A．told                     B．lasted                  C．repeated              D．continued

45．A．for sure               B．at ease                 C．in shock              D．in despair

46．A．mercy                 B．pain                    C．pity                     D．disappointment

47．A．so                       B．yet                      C．and                     D．or

48．A．over                    B．round                  C．through               D．without

49．A．almost                 B．nearly                  C．ever                    D．just

50．A．something           B．anything              C．nothing               D．everything

51．A．sad                     B．depressed            C．selfish                 D．worried

52．A．far                      B．long                    C．much                  D．well

53．A．unfit                   B．unselfish              C．unnecessary        D．unimportant

54．A．everyone             B．someone              C．anyone                D．no one

55．A．must                   B．may                    C．can                     D．should